Sustainable Forest Management

Environment and ecosystem management are key to ensuring urban and rural development and progress towards the achievement of the MDGs. Poor communities directly depend on natural resources for their livelihood and are the most vulnerable to a degraded environment, natural disasters and are the first to suffer from polluted air, water and soil. Sound natural resource use is at the core of effective strategies to strengthen resilience to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Afforestation - Agroforestry - Forest concessions - Forest governance - Forest industries - Forest management - Forestry education/training - Forestry research - Forestry services - Fuelwood/charcoal - Illegal timber trade & forest crime - Timber regulation - Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA)

Indonesia shipped verified legal timber worth more than 1 billion euros to EU in first year of FLEGT licensing

Albert Garduño updated the Information | 15 December 2017

Indonesia has shipped verified legal timber and timber products worth more than 1 billion euros to the EU since it began issuing such products with FLEGT licences one year ago. The licences confirm that the products comply with relevant laws and automatically meet the requirements of the EU Timber...

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EUTR News - September to November 2017

ClientEarth Forests uploaded a new Document | 7 December 2017

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This issue of the EUTR News provides an update on the operation of the EU’s law to address illegal logging, the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR), from September to November 2017. As with all of our previous editions, this issue will include information on what both the European Commission and EU Member...

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Muna Haq commented on an article | 29 November 2017

Views from the field: Q&A with Franck Viault, former EU Head of Cooperation in Indonesia

A very good insighter for newcomers in the EU system.
Combating Wildlife and Forest Crime in the Danube-Carpathian Region

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 9 November 2017

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This brochure provides a brief summary of an assessment study carried out by UN Environment and WWF (amongst others). It involved case studies on illegal logging, illegal fishing of sturgeon and caviar trade, illegal killing of birds, and the poaching of large carnivores, and had two objectives: 1...

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Combating Wildlife and Forest Crime in the Danube-Carpathian Region

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 9 November 2017

wild_dc_brochure_2017.pdf 15.03 MB

This brochure provides a brief summary of an assessment study carried out by UN Environment and WWF (amongst others). It involved case studies on illegal logging, illegal fishing of sturgeon and caviar trade, illegal killing of birds, and the poaching of large carnivores, and had two objectives: 1...

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Call for tender: Facilitation services for FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements in Ghana, Liberia, Republic of the Congo and Guyana

Albert Garduño updated the Information | 6 November 2017

The European Forest Institute has issued a call Facilitation services for Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreements in Ghana, Liberia, Republic of the Congo, Guyana. The objective of the assignment is that an international service provider will provide a...

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Call for tender: National FLEGT Expert for Indonesia

Albert Garduño updated the Information | 6 November 2017

The European Forest Institute has issued a call for tender for a National FLEGT Expert for Indonesia. The objective of the assignment is to support the Government of Indonesia (GoI) and the EU, represented by EU Delegation to Indonesia and the Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV) of the...

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World Wood-Based Panels Conference addresses timber legality

Albert Garduño updated the Information | 6 November 2017

The legality of timber and timber products was a recurrent theme at the Fourth World Wood-Based Panels Conference that took place from 22-23 September 2017, in Linyi, China. The China National Forest Products Industry Association (CNFPIA) formally released China’s timber legality verification...

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Briefing compares Japan’s Clean Wood Act with the EU Timber Regulation

Albert Garduño updated the Information | 6 November 2017

The EU FLEGT Facility has published a briefing that compares two regulatory approaches that aim to prevent trade in illegally-harvested timber and timber products: Japan’s Clean Wood Act and the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR). The EUTR is a mandatory piece of legislation and EU Member States lay down...

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New briefing introduces the Chinese Timber Legality Verification System

Albert Garduño updated the Information | 6 November 2017

The EU FLEGT Facility has published a briefing on the Chinese Timber Legality Verification System (CTLVS) and associated policies that China is developing to combat illegal logging and trade in illegal timber. The briefing outlines how the CTLVS might work in practice, describing roles of...

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